Epistological documents of the history of Ukrainian music: an attempt of conceptual analysis

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the epistle as a science of correspondence and the study of epistological materials in the context of the history of music in Ukraine. To date, epistology remains subordinate to the historical, source, and art sciences in the system of culturology. Through correspondence, it is possible to recreate fateful events, unknown facts of biography, life, and work of prominent artists, particularly B. Lyatoshynsky and I. Karabyts. The work supplements and clarifies information on the history of creation and existence of works by these composers. It is revealed in the work that epistolary creativity is an activity using which the personal creative experience of the artist is preserved. The letter is an artifact of culture, the process of studying notes is long, and the results of this work are invaluable in the history of culture. The authors reveal that an essential principle in the scientific understanding of epistological heritage is the need for logical integration of epistolary into the system of musical-historical processes. The authors consider prospects for the development of national science of epistology further search and decipherment of sources relevant to the development of national culture in its main stages. It involves scholars in the processing of public and private archives, museums, repositories, and libraries. This process should enrich and make appropriate adjustments to the conceptual foundations of culturology and musicology. In addition, these processes will contribute to the rethinking and reassessment of artistic phenomena of the twentieth century